Mark Gallant is the Director of Industry Marketing for the Power Industry at Aspen Technology. In an interview with Electrical India, he discusses several points:
1) AspenTech provides software solutions that help process industries optimize operations and achieve business objectives through energy efficiency and reducing costs.
2) Existing process plants can still achieve optimization through newer technology solutions with minimal disruptions for immediate efficiency benefits.
3) Every region requires a balanced portfolio of energy sources to ensure reliability, as each source faces risks like supply issues or price variability. India's high reliance on coal needs reassessment.
4) Reducing energy intensity through optimization allows plants to keep operating during energy supply shortages instead of shutting down, benef
- The current US wind industry faces challenges like a sluggish economy and regulatory uncertainty that have slowed growth. This has led companies to focus on optimizing existing assets rather than new projects.
- A new approach called "Renewable Plus" is proposed to combine wind, solar, fossil fuels, and storage into a generation portfolio that provides a reliable, cost-competitive product similar to traditional fossil generation.
- This would involve utilities forming consortiums to build and operate "Renewable Plus" plants customized to their needs, taking advantage of proven models for major generation plants. The goal is to lower costs and increase the value of renewable energy sources.
Industrial Energy Management and the Emerging ISO 50001 StandardSchneider Electric
The energy dilemma poses a significant challenge, especially to U.S.-based industrial end users. How will rising energy prices and increased carbon emissions restrictions impact operational costs in the future? How can energy control and forecasting increase efficiency and build a competitive advantage? This presentation explores energy dashboards as a solution and educate you on the ISO 50001 standard and what it takes to comply.
The document discusses the need for an "energy revolution" to address unsustainable global energy trends and transition to a low-carbon system. It argues that over 50% of CO2 emissions reductions must come from improved energy efficiency, especially in buildings and data centers. Through optimized integration of power, automation, security and cooling from the plant to the plug, up to 1,392 terawatt hours could be saved annually - over 50 times more than current solar generation. The right ecosystem is needed to support convergence of key management domains and realize guaranteed compatibility between power, building, process, security and white space management for up to 30% improved energy efficiency.
M/S ADA Power & Infra Limited is one of the upcoming industry in the field of Renewable energy & Infra fields .Special focus on Solar & waste management products & services in following area:
Solar EPC (Engineering Procurement & construction).
Solar IPP Projects
Solar LED Lights
Developing Smart Villages by adopting lean Techniques.
Integrated Solid Waste Management
Production of Bio Fuels with Organic Farming
Skill Development and Waste & Drinking Water Management.
Substations, Building automation, Designing, erection of 11 /33/132/400 KVA Over Head Lines & Commissioning
EWS Housing.
Consultancy & Development of manufacturing facility Solar Products with latest Technology.
Consultancy for setting up Smart City
SIDBI has taken several initiatives to promote clean energy adoption among MSMEs in India. It has created an Energy Efficiency Centre to provide technical expertise and support MSMEs in conducting energy audits, preparing project reports, and implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. SIDBI also established Indian SME Technology Services Ltd to assist MSMEs directly. SIDBI works with multiple partners and provides financial assistance through lines of credit. It has implemented programs like End-to-End Energy Efficiency and Partial Risk Sharing Facility to encourage clean energy projects among MSMEs.
GE provides integrated power solutions including automation, controls, and environmental products to supply clean power plants. They have over 100 years of experience in engineering, procurement, construction and servicing power plants. GE technology supports 25% of global power production and they have 52,000 employees in 70 countries. Their solutions aim to maximize performance while minimizing environmental impacts and include single components, complete power plants, and lifecycle services.
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
Hartek Power Private Ltd (formerly known as Amtek Energy & Power Pvt ltd) is India’s fastest growing and most admired Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) company. It has expertise in executing large solar, electrical infrastructure projects and manufactures complete range of power distribution equipments and solutions for industrial & utility needs.
- The current US wind industry faces challenges like a sluggish economy and regulatory uncertainty that have slowed growth. This has led companies to focus on optimizing existing assets rather than new projects.
- A new approach called "Renewable Plus" is proposed to combine wind, solar, fossil fuels, and storage into a generation portfolio that provides a reliable, cost-competitive product similar to traditional fossil generation.
- This would involve utilities forming consortiums to build and operate "Renewable Plus" plants customized to their needs, taking advantage of proven models for major generation plants. The goal is to lower costs and increase the value of renewable energy sources.
Industrial Energy Management and the Emerging ISO 50001 StandardSchneider Electric
The energy dilemma poses a significant challenge, especially to U.S.-based industrial end users. How will rising energy prices and increased carbon emissions restrictions impact operational costs in the future? How can energy control and forecasting increase efficiency and build a competitive advantage? This presentation explores energy dashboards as a solution and educate you on the ISO 50001 standard and what it takes to comply.
The document discusses the need for an "energy revolution" to address unsustainable global energy trends and transition to a low-carbon system. It argues that over 50% of CO2 emissions reductions must come from improved energy efficiency, especially in buildings and data centers. Through optimized integration of power, automation, security and cooling from the plant to the plug, up to 1,392 terawatt hours could be saved annually - over 50 times more than current solar generation. The right ecosystem is needed to support convergence of key management domains and realize guaranteed compatibility between power, building, process, security and white space management for up to 30% improved energy efficiency.
M/S ADA Power & Infra Limited is one of the upcoming industry in the field of Renewable energy & Infra fields .Special focus on Solar & waste management products & services in following area:
Solar EPC (Engineering Procurement & construction).
Solar IPP Projects
Solar LED Lights
Developing Smart Villages by adopting lean Techniques.
Integrated Solid Waste Management
Production of Bio Fuels with Organic Farming
Skill Development and Waste & Drinking Water Management.
Substations, Building automation, Designing, erection of 11 /33/132/400 KVA Over Head Lines & Commissioning
EWS Housing.
Consultancy & Development of manufacturing facility Solar Products with latest Technology.
Consultancy for setting up Smart City
SIDBI has taken several initiatives to promote clean energy adoption among MSMEs in India. It has created an Energy Efficiency Centre to provide technical expertise and support MSMEs in conducting energy audits, preparing project reports, and implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. SIDBI also established Indian SME Technology Services Ltd to assist MSMEs directly. SIDBI works with multiple partners and provides financial assistance through lines of credit. It has implemented programs like End-to-End Energy Efficiency and Partial Risk Sharing Facility to encourage clean energy projects among MSMEs.
GE provides integrated power solutions including automation, controls, and environmental products to supply clean power plants. They have over 100 years of experience in engineering, procurement, construction and servicing power plants. GE technology supports 25% of global power production and they have 52,000 employees in 70 countries. Their solutions aim to maximize performance while minimizing environmental impacts and include single components, complete power plants, and lifecycle services.
IJERA (International journal of Engineering Research and Applications) is International online, ... peer reviewed journal. For more detail or submit your article, please visit www.ijera.com
Hartek Power Private Ltd (formerly known as Amtek Energy & Power Pvt ltd) is India’s fastest growing and most admired Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) company. It has expertise in executing large solar, electrical infrastructure projects and manufactures complete range of power distribution equipments and solutions for industrial & utility needs.
Accelerating the Benefits of Food and Bev Sustainability ProgramsSchneider Electric
Food and Beverage manufacturers can strengthen their brand and mitigate business risks by providing more transparency to their customers and stakeholders. Customers want to know more about the brands they buy, and regulatory agencies want to ensure food and beverage manufacturers are environmentally and socially responsible. This white paper demonstrates how using a plan / do / check / act methodology to drive energy management and sustainability programs can lower costs, improve profitability, and control risk.
ScottMadden's Energy Industry Update for the 2019 Utility Supply Chain Confer...ScottMadden, Inc.
As economic growth continues, and policies are increasingly driven by state and regional issues, utilities are placing bets, with large investments, on various growth strategies. They continue to face opposition and challenges from various stakeholders with disparate interests. Energy and utility companies will try to thread the needle of developing and upgrading much needed infrastructure, while satisfying those interests.
During the 2019 Utility Supply Chain Conference, Cristin Lyons reviewed the latest Energy Industry Update and shared key highlights for topics including:
- Electrification: A summary of increased electrification activities (ie: transportation/space heating) being promoted by electric industry stakeholders, and electrification’s pros and cons
- Wholesale energy infrastructure development: A discussion of proposed gas and power transmission projects, potential regulatory changes, and surrounding issues/implications
- Grid modernization: Noteworthy efforts around the nation, including both the programs and the common themes.
Learn more at www.scottmadden.com.
Make an impact on your environmental balance sheet:
1. Adopt a clear plan that is simple to measure and communicate to stakeholders.
2. Reduce your carbon footprint and environmental impact.
3. Improve public, market and leadership efficacy perceptions of your company.
4. Instill pride in employees, who know that their company is taking real steps forward to conserve energy.
A high performance green building is designed for economic and environmental performance over its entire life cycle, considering unique local climate and cultural needs and providing for the health, safety and productivity of its occupants. With continuous care over its life cycle, it minimises energy use, CO2 emissions, and total environmental impacts, and provides ongoing measurable value to building owners, occupants and society.
The document discusses energy efficiency retrofits for commercial buildings in India. It notes that retrofitting offers significant opportunities for energy savings in buildings. A three-pronged approach is recommended, including walk-through audits, green building practices, and measurement and verification. Case studies demonstrate how retrofits through efficient lighting, HVAC optimization, rooftop solar, and building automation achieved 20-25% energy savings. Continuous performance monitoring is essential to understand building behavior and identify additional opportunities. While challenges remain in financing and tenant engagement, retrofitting commercial buildings can significantly reduce energy demand at local and national scales.
The document discusses improving solar panel technology to make it a more widely used renewable energy source. It aims to increase solar power integration into residential and commercial areas, which currently account for 70% of electricity usage. The technology still needs to be improved to reduce costs and size while maintaining efficiency and longevity in order to be more conveniently utilized, especially in regions with less sunlight. Customer requirements for the technology include being appealing, small in size, easy to maintain, low cost, easy to use, efficient, long-lasting, and providing reliable power. Engineering specifications to meet these requirements focus on increasing power output, minimizing components, optimizing size efficiency, enabling easy maintenance, adding tracking and adaptive capabilities, selecting durable materials, reducing operating costs,
Ambicales is a young company promoted by IIT alumni providing EPCM (Engineering, Procurement & Construction Management) services for Solar Energy projects, both PV and Thermal.
Helping mining companies with their sustainability strategiesSchneider Electric
Schneider Electric™ has a proven record of leading
companies to thriving sustainability programs across
economic, environmental, and social dimensions. As
a global leader in sustainability services, we provide
an end-to-end solution that truly sets us apart from
others and integrates strategies, technologies, and
implementation capabilities.
The United States, like many other countries worldwide, is experiencing a growing concern about the environment. Currently more the domain of activists and environmental organizations, it is only a matter of times before these concerns grip consumers as well - maybe even to the point when they get discerning enough to question the source of their electricity.
As more & more renewables get integrated into the Indian Grid, Energy Storage will play an important role in helping with Grid Management & smoothing out the peak curve created by Renewable Energy.
It is expected that Energy Storage will be a multi GW market in the years to come.
Presentation from the New Mexico Regional Energy Storage and Grid Integration Workshop: Energy Storage Trends and Challenges, New Mexico's Numerous Contributions presented by Steve Willard, Electric Power Research Institute, August 23-24, 2016
Eaton Energy Solutions, Inc. promotes holistic energy management strategies. It provides energy auditing, retro-commissioning, and engineering services to optimize building systems and operations. It also offers energy performance contracting to implement projects through guaranteed energy savings without upfront client costs. Eaton is a certified energy service company affiliated with the Department of Energy and qualified in several states.
This document provides an overview of Power Integrations, Inc., a company focused on energy-efficient power conversion. It discusses Power Integrations' leadership in integrated circuits for power supplies, which allow for more compact and reliable designs. It also outlines several long-term growth drivers for the company, including the ongoing transition to integrated circuits, tightening energy efficiency standards, growth in LED lighting, and expanding into higher power applications. Finally, it highlights Power Integrations' track record of consistent revenue growth, strong balance sheet, and leadership position in the analog semiconductor industry.
This document provides an overview of Power Integrations, Inc. It discusses the company's position as a leader in energy-efficient power conversion technology, its long-term growth drivers including the transition to integrated circuit-based power supplies and increasing demand for energy efficiency. The company has expanded its addressable market with new higher-power products and an acquisition of a company providing motor control technology. Power Integrations has achieved consistent revenue growth and a strong balance sheet to support further innovation and growth opportunities.
Huge ‘Untapped’ Financial Benefits Exclusively For NYC Building Owners EEReports.com
This document discusses the value of energy data and provides tips for improving energy efficiency. It recommends analyzing 36 months of utility bill data to identify savings opportunities. Engaging more participants in data sharing programs allows utilities to offer cost-effective efficiency programs. Various energy efficiency case studies and technologies are presented, such as lighting upgrades, building envelope improvements, and combined heat and power systems. Tracking energy usage can help set efficiency targets and baselines to work towards.
EE INDUSTRY-HOW GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES VENDORS CAN PLAY A PART TO ENHANCE I...ZAINI ABDUL WAHAB
This document discusses energy efficiency in the industry and how global business services vendors can contribute. It outlines that energy service companies (ESCOs) can implement high-impact energy efficiency projects through energy performance contracting models. Case studies and key success factors are presented, such as having strong policy and regulatory frameworks, sustainable financing mechanisms, and building competency in energy management. Barriers to developing the energy services industry like lack of awareness and skills are discussed alongside recommendations to provide the necessary supports and infrastructure to help the industry grow in order to create jobs and economic opportunities while enhancing sustainability.
Power Integrations provides energy-efficient power conversion solutions that enable clean technology. They have a secular growth story in analog semiconductors as the leader in high-voltage power conversion. Their products allow for highly integrated and efficient power supplies that replace legacy discrete components. Power Integrations has a track record of growth over a decade and a half, with diversifying revenue streams and strong cash generation and balance sheet. They are well positioned in key growth areas like LED lighting, mobile device charging, and higher power applications.
This document summarizes an article from the International Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology that discusses modernizing traditional grids into smart grids through renewable energy sources. It provides background on the motivation to transition to smart grids, including addressing environmental concerns from fossil fuels and the inability of traditional grids to integrate renewable energy. The document outlines key features of smart grids, including reliability, flexibility, efficiency, sustainability, and enabling new energy markets. It also discusses challenges to smart grids, such as differences between energy generation and demand, transmitting power across grids, ensuring energy security, and developing standards to allow different technology components to work together.
This document summarizes a presentation on harnessing renewable energy and improving energy efficiency in the commercial and industrial sectors in India. It notes that these sectors account for around 50% of India's total electricity consumption. It discusses various programs and policies that can enable corporate procurement of renewable energy and improved energy management practices. These include renewable energy certificate mechanisms, group captive schemes, net metering, and ISO 50001 energy management standards. Industrial parks are highlighted as a potential area for aggregated renewable energy and efficiency projects. The presentation concludes by outlining future areas of engagement and research around renewable energy and efficiency interventions for industrial parks and supply chains in India.
ENVOGUE is the official newsletter of E-Cube Energy Trading Private Limited. It intends to bring in some fresh and independent perspective on the energy efficiency markets in India.
Energy Storage - Is the Time Ripe for India-As Publishedjrosh
The document discusses the opportunities for energy storage to support India's growing renewable energy sector. It notes that while renewable energy capacity is increasing, supply still lags demand. Energy storage could help address issues of predictability for renewable sources by storing excess energy for later use. This would help integrate renewable energy into the grid and lower costs. The document outlines various energy storage technologies and calls for policy support to develop this sector in India, including incentives and mandates. Key stakeholders like regulators and utilities must recognize storage and incorporate it into planning to fully leverage its benefits.
Accelerating the Benefits of Food and Bev Sustainability ProgramsSchneider Electric
Food and Beverage manufacturers can strengthen their brand and mitigate business risks by providing more transparency to their customers and stakeholders. Customers want to know more about the brands they buy, and regulatory agencies want to ensure food and beverage manufacturers are environmentally and socially responsible. This white paper demonstrates how using a plan / do / check / act methodology to drive energy management and sustainability programs can lower costs, improve profitability, and control risk.
ScottMadden's Energy Industry Update for the 2019 Utility Supply Chain Confer...ScottMadden, Inc.
As economic growth continues, and policies are increasingly driven by state and regional issues, utilities are placing bets, with large investments, on various growth strategies. They continue to face opposition and challenges from various stakeholders with disparate interests. Energy and utility companies will try to thread the needle of developing and upgrading much needed infrastructure, while satisfying those interests.
During the 2019 Utility Supply Chain Conference, Cristin Lyons reviewed the latest Energy Industry Update and shared key highlights for topics including:
- Electrification: A summary of increased electrification activities (ie: transportation/space heating) being promoted by electric industry stakeholders, and electrification’s pros and cons
- Wholesale energy infrastructure development: A discussion of proposed gas and power transmission projects, potential regulatory changes, and surrounding issues/implications
- Grid modernization: Noteworthy efforts around the nation, including both the programs and the common themes.
Learn more at www.scottmadden.com.
Make an impact on your environmental balance sheet:
1. Adopt a clear plan that is simple to measure and communicate to stakeholders.
2. Reduce your carbon footprint and environmental impact.
3. Improve public, market and leadership efficacy perceptions of your company.
4. Instill pride in employees, who know that their company is taking real steps forward to conserve energy.
A high performance green building is designed for economic and environmental performance over its entire life cycle, considering unique local climate and cultural needs and providing for the health, safety and productivity of its occupants. With continuous care over its life cycle, it minimises energy use, CO2 emissions, and total environmental impacts, and provides ongoing measurable value to building owners, occupants and society.
The document discusses energy efficiency retrofits for commercial buildings in India. It notes that retrofitting offers significant opportunities for energy savings in buildings. A three-pronged approach is recommended, including walk-through audits, green building practices, and measurement and verification. Case studies demonstrate how retrofits through efficient lighting, HVAC optimization, rooftop solar, and building automation achieved 20-25% energy savings. Continuous performance monitoring is essential to understand building behavior and identify additional opportunities. While challenges remain in financing and tenant engagement, retrofitting commercial buildings can significantly reduce energy demand at local and national scales.
The document discusses improving solar panel technology to make it a more widely used renewable energy source. It aims to increase solar power integration into residential and commercial areas, which currently account for 70% of electricity usage. The technology still needs to be improved to reduce costs and size while maintaining efficiency and longevity in order to be more conveniently utilized, especially in regions with less sunlight. Customer requirements for the technology include being appealing, small in size, easy to maintain, low cost, easy to use, efficient, long-lasting, and providing reliable power. Engineering specifications to meet these requirements focus on increasing power output, minimizing components, optimizing size efficiency, enabling easy maintenance, adding tracking and adaptive capabilities, selecting durable materials, reducing operating costs,
Ambicales is a young company promoted by IIT alumni providing EPCM (Engineering, Procurement & Construction Management) services for Solar Energy projects, both PV and Thermal.
Helping mining companies with their sustainability strategiesSchneider Electric
Schneider Electric™ has a proven record of leading
companies to thriving sustainability programs across
economic, environmental, and social dimensions. As
a global leader in sustainability services, we provide
an end-to-end solution that truly sets us apart from
others and integrates strategies, technologies, and
implementation capabilities.
The United States, like many other countries worldwide, is experiencing a growing concern about the environment. Currently more the domain of activists and environmental organizations, it is only a matter of times before these concerns grip consumers as well - maybe even to the point when they get discerning enough to question the source of their electricity.
As more & more renewables get integrated into the Indian Grid, Energy Storage will play an important role in helping with Grid Management & smoothing out the peak curve created by Renewable Energy.
It is expected that Energy Storage will be a multi GW market in the years to come.
Presentation from the New Mexico Regional Energy Storage and Grid Integration Workshop: Energy Storage Trends and Challenges, New Mexico's Numerous Contributions presented by Steve Willard, Electric Power Research Institute, August 23-24, 2016
Eaton Energy Solutions, Inc. promotes holistic energy management strategies. It provides energy auditing, retro-commissioning, and engineering services to optimize building systems and operations. It also offers energy performance contracting to implement projects through guaranteed energy savings without upfront client costs. Eaton is a certified energy service company affiliated with the Department of Energy and qualified in several states.
This document provides an overview of Power Integrations, Inc., a company focused on energy-efficient power conversion. It discusses Power Integrations' leadership in integrated circuits for power supplies, which allow for more compact and reliable designs. It also outlines several long-term growth drivers for the company, including the ongoing transition to integrated circuits, tightening energy efficiency standards, growth in LED lighting, and expanding into higher power applications. Finally, it highlights Power Integrations' track record of consistent revenue growth, strong balance sheet, and leadership position in the analog semiconductor industry.
This document provides an overview of Power Integrations, Inc. It discusses the company's position as a leader in energy-efficient power conversion technology, its long-term growth drivers including the transition to integrated circuit-based power supplies and increasing demand for energy efficiency. The company has expanded its addressable market with new higher-power products and an acquisition of a company providing motor control technology. Power Integrations has achieved consistent revenue growth and a strong balance sheet to support further innovation and growth opportunities.
Huge ‘Untapped’ Financial Benefits Exclusively For NYC Building Owners EEReports.com
This document discusses the value of energy data and provides tips for improving energy efficiency. It recommends analyzing 36 months of utility bill data to identify savings opportunities. Engaging more participants in data sharing programs allows utilities to offer cost-effective efficiency programs. Various energy efficiency case studies and technologies are presented, such as lighting upgrades, building envelope improvements, and combined heat and power systems. Tracking energy usage can help set efficiency targets and baselines to work towards.
EE INDUSTRY-HOW GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES VENDORS CAN PLAY A PART TO ENHANCE I...ZAINI ABDUL WAHAB
This document discusses energy efficiency in the industry and how global business services vendors can contribute. It outlines that energy service companies (ESCOs) can implement high-impact energy efficiency projects through energy performance contracting models. Case studies and key success factors are presented, such as having strong policy and regulatory frameworks, sustainable financing mechanisms, and building competency in energy management. Barriers to developing the energy services industry like lack of awareness and skills are discussed alongside recommendations to provide the necessary supports and infrastructure to help the industry grow in order to create jobs and economic opportunities while enhancing sustainability.
Power Integrations provides energy-efficient power conversion solutions that enable clean technology. They have a secular growth story in analog semiconductors as the leader in high-voltage power conversion. Their products allow for highly integrated and efficient power supplies that replace legacy discrete components. Power Integrations has a track record of growth over a decade and a half, with diversifying revenue streams and strong cash generation and balance sheet. They are well positioned in key growth areas like LED lighting, mobile device charging, and higher power applications.
This document summarizes an article from the International Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology that discusses modernizing traditional grids into smart grids through renewable energy sources. It provides background on the motivation to transition to smart grids, including addressing environmental concerns from fossil fuels and the inability of traditional grids to integrate renewable energy. The document outlines key features of smart grids, including reliability, flexibility, efficiency, sustainability, and enabling new energy markets. It also discusses challenges to smart grids, such as differences between energy generation and demand, transmitting power across grids, ensuring energy security, and developing standards to allow different technology components to work together.
This document summarizes a presentation on harnessing renewable energy and improving energy efficiency in the commercial and industrial sectors in India. It notes that these sectors account for around 50% of India's total electricity consumption. It discusses various programs and policies that can enable corporate procurement of renewable energy and improved energy management practices. These include renewable energy certificate mechanisms, group captive schemes, net metering, and ISO 50001 energy management standards. Industrial parks are highlighted as a potential area for aggregated renewable energy and efficiency projects. The presentation concludes by outlining future areas of engagement and research around renewable energy and efficiency interventions for industrial parks and supply chains in India.
ENVOGUE is the official newsletter of E-Cube Energy Trading Private Limited. It intends to bring in some fresh and independent perspective on the energy efficiency markets in India.
Energy Storage - Is the Time Ripe for India-As Publishedjrosh
The document discusses the opportunities for energy storage to support India's growing renewable energy sector. It notes that while renewable energy capacity is increasing, supply still lags demand. Energy storage could help address issues of predictability for renewable sources by storing excess energy for later use. This would help integrate renewable energy into the grid and lower costs. The document outlines various energy storage technologies and calls for policy support to develop this sector in India, including incentives and mandates. Key stakeholders like regulators and utilities must recognize storage and incorporate it into planning to fully leverage its benefits.
The document provides an overview of the Energy Conservation Department's (ECD) activities and initiatives at K-Electric for the month of August 2015. Some key highlights include:
- Faisal Ahmad took over as the new head of ECD, replacing Asif Hussain Siddiqui.
- ECD conducted various awareness activities including 10 technical advisory sessions, 151 power factor improvement cases, and 6 "Smart Energy Drive" programs.
- ECD's power factor improvement projects achieved a load optimization of around 46MW and released over 430MVA of system capacity.
- Internal metering reports showed consumption trends for KE infrastructure from prior periods.
- Planned new initiatives included school programs
The document discusses the development of a battery pack that can capture wasted energy generated during the lowering of a drilling rig's top drive. The battery pack would install in place of one of the rig's generators, allowing the captured energy to be reused and reducing fuel costs by up to 10% per rig. Recent advances in battery technology have enabled this solution, though no rig operators have adopted it yet. The company Powera plans to manufacture and sell these battery packs, which could save rig operators $800 per day in fuel costs.
DSP02110-2 Next Gen Energy Storage White Paper_INTER V1Zach Pollock
This document provides an overview of energy storage deployment for utilities and outlines a cross-functional framework. It discusses the rise of energy storage technologies and drivers such as declining costs. It then describes a utility's energy storage deployment life-cycle which includes phases such as needs assessment, use case identification, planning and procurement, deployment, and optimization. Key considerations and impacts for four functional groups - finance and regulatory, system planning and operations, advanced technology and IT, and customer operations - are outlined.
ARC's Larry O'Brien Process Automation Presentation @ ARC Industry Forum 2010ARC Advisory Group
ARC's Larry O'Brien Process Automation Presentation @ ARC Industry Forum 2010 in Orlando, FL.
Using Process Automation to Optimize Energy Consumption
The Cost of Energy
How Well is Energy Managed in Today’s Plants?
Using Your Process Automation Infrastructure
with an Eye Toward Optimizing Energy
Consumption
The Business Value of Integrated Power &
Automation
Enabling Technologies
Training Your People and Managing Knowledge
Moving Forward
Energy (in) efficiency for energy & environment managementY P Chawla
Among various inputs to production costs, energy is important. Its efficiency or inefficiency affects competitiveness. Energy efficiency reduces costs and improves energy economics. Renewable energy and load shifting can improve energy efficiency. Blockchain applications can help increase use of renewable energy and facilitate peer-to-peer energy trading, improving energy economics.
Finding financing for industrial energy efficiency & chpTNenergy
This document discusses finding financing for industrial energy efficiency and combined heat and power (CHP) projects. It provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Energy Application Centers, which promote CHP, waste heat recovery, and district energy technologies. Examples are given of various CHP applications in industrial processing facilities, office buildings, hospitals, and food processing plants. The benefits of CHP include reducing energy costs and capacity needs while lowering emissions. Areas to consider in analyzing costs and benefits include discount rates, hourly marginal costs, regional cost differences, and accounting for wholesale market impacts.
This document discusses developing a new energy management model and platform using CA Technologies' expertise. It outlines trends driving changes in energy management like reducing consumption, using cleaner energy, and seeking additional sources. A new model is needed to address energy demand outpacing supply, limitations of traditional distribution, and improving effectiveness. Key risks include environmental factors, national security, and technology challenges of a distributed architecture. The document proposes CA provide an integrated platform for accounting, metering, governance, infrastructure changes, and customer support to help energy companies, brokers and consumers optimize usage.
This document summarizes Hatch Energy's approach to hybrid power generation for mining operations. Hatch integrates renewable energy sources like solar and wind with conventional thermal power to deliver electricity at a lower cost than fossil fuels. Their approach removes the upfront capital costs of renewables by having a third party own and operate the renewable assets under a long-term power purchase agreement. This makes renewable energy more cost-competitive for mining clients while lowering their energy costs and risks. Hatch has extensive experience implementing utility-scale renewable projects and designs hybrid systems to maximize the offset of fossil fuels and ensure adequate power supply.
This was the first training manual instrumental and developed by Colin Koh in 2001 to provide basic energy audit knowledge for manufacturing customers in Singapore.
GenCell provides affordable fuel cell solutions as an alternative to diesel generators. By using alkaline electrolyte instead of platinum, GenCell reduces costs while maintaining high efficiency of 60% for its alkaline fuel cells. GenCell's solutions include the G5 for long-duration backup power, the G5rx tailored for utility needs, and the A5 for off-grid areas. The A5 runs on ammonia and has much lower operating costs than diesel generators, enabling reliable power anywhere. By removing expensive materials like platinum, GenCell makes fuel cell technology affordable and suitable for widespread use.
Organizations are increasingly concerned about the energy consumption of their data centers, which account for a large portion of business energy usage. The document outlines several approaches for making data centers more energy efficient, including retiring legacy systems, enhancing power management on existing systems, migrating to more efficient platforms like blade servers, implementing virtualization to consolidate servers, standardizing on server performance matching application needs, and right-sizing power and cooling infrastructure to avoid overprovisioning. Taken together, these strategies can significantly reduce a data center's energy consumption and associated costs.
Research Associate Dr Callum Rae discusses
the challenges presented by the growth in the
Energy Centre market, and outlines our alternative
approach to Energy Centre design, which has
successfully been applied to the AECC Energy
Centre project.
As the highly prestigious London Wall Place
project approaches completion of the shell
and core, Director, James O’Byrne reviews the
project and the application of BIM, and discusses
the various benefits on the overall design and
coordination process.
Diesel fuel is now a Category 3 flammable liquid.
Technical Board Director Wyn Turnbull reports
on the impact to diesel storage and use, as the
result of the recent Classification, Labelling and
Packaging of Chemical (CLP) Regulations 2015
which have replaced the now revoked CHIP
Regulations.
Associate Director Paul Scriven provides a brief
overview of the WELL Building Standard and
discusses why and how its popularity is growing.
Finally, Group Director Robert Thorogood discusses
how far standardisation of controls and automation
have developed using the IEC 61850 integration
standard, and what the benefits may bring to the
control of power distribution.
Paul Flatt, Group Chairman and CEO,
Hurley Palmer Flatt.
The document discusses the importance of energy conservation as the best alternative energy option available. It outlines a two-step program implemented by the Energy Conservation Department to encourage energy saving behaviors through technical assistance and audits of industrial and commercial facilities. The program involves general analysis and complete energy audits to identify recommendations to save energy through improvements to lighting, motors, air compressors and other systems. Successful implementation of recommendations at some facilities resulted in over 1MW of power savings.
Electric motors
Editorial - Policy solutions - Facts - Interview - Success stories - Improving market surveillance - Extended product approach - Motor maintenance and refurbishment - Accelerated replacement of less efficient motor stock - Developing powertrains for electric mobility free of critical raw materials - World landscape
The goal of DecarbEurope is to engage decision-makers in policy and industry with solutions that can, in a cost-effective manner, decarbonise Europe at the scale and speed that is needed to achieve our climate goals.
As an ecosystem of twenty sectors — and growing — the initiative connects technologies, policies, and markets. Partners of DecarbEurope commit themselves to common values of deep decarbonisation, cost-effectiveness, circularity, sector-coupling and consumer engagement.
Electric motors play a major role in all economic sectors (industrial, tertiary, residential, agricultural and in transportation), to deliver in a reliable and efficient way mechanical power to a huge variety of processes and services
This document discusses using predictive analysis to optimize energy management systems. It proposes integrating predictive analytics with energy management systems (EMS) to improve optimization of energy source selection and usage. Currently, EMS systems select energy sources like grid, diesel, solar, batteries based on simple priority rules. Integrating predictive analytics can help EMS systems better forecast power outages and optimize cost and emissions by deciding which sources to use and in what proportion, based on machine learning of past and present energy and environmental data to predict the future. This could increase optimization of source selection from the current 40-50% with traditional EMS to 80-90%. The document uses telecom tower energy usage as a case study.
This document provides an overview of electricity storage technologies, applications, and prospects. It discusses how electricity storage can help integrate renewable energy and support the electric grid. A variety of technologies are described from mature options like pumped hydro to emerging batteries. Near-term battery storage is seen as providing opportunities across the grid while challenges remain for utilities and developers. Rapid growth in electricity storage deployment is forecast this decade across utility, commercial and residential applications.
2. Interview
50 June 2011 Electrical India
Mark Gallant
Director, Industry Marketing-Power Industry
Aspen Technology
‘AspenTech is the only dedicated software
company for process industries’
AspenTech is a supplier of software that optimizes process manufacturing – for energy, chemicals,
pharmaceuticals, engineering and construction, and other industries that manufacture and produce products
from a chemical process. AspenTech solutions bring together a combination of industry leading technology
with cross-industry best practices to allow companies and owner/operators to achieve their business
objectives. In an online interview with Electrical India, Mark Gallant shares his views that reducing energy
intensity for a process plant saves direct energy costs and reduces GHG, but may allow the process plant to
continue operating when energy supply is extremely tight instead of having to shut down.
AspenTech’s
Power industry
customers use
our advanced
optimization
solutions
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Interview
EI In changing scenario of global
economies, the demand for energy
continues to grow. With your vast and
variety experience in the process and
power industry; what pragmatic solutions
do you envisage for optimizing operations
of process industries?
Increased energy efficiency is a strong
global movement that we see. Right
from initial plant designs, energy
optimization is now part of global best-
practices in engineering. Every solution
within AspenTech’s engineering suite
support that goal. Today’s newest
plants operate at an efficiency level
way above what was previously
attainable. With existing assets, today’s
technology offers optimization
solutions that were not available when
many process and power plants were
originally designed. Adding
optimization solutions to existing units
not only drives immediate efficiency
benefits, but can typically be
accomplish with minimal to no
interruptions. Those companies and
regions that seize these opportunities
certainlyincreasetheircompetitiveness
in the global marketplace, but also
insure sustainability.
EI How would you evaluate nuclear
power generation in wake of the
recent shutdown of nuclear plants in
Japan as a measure to circumvent the
disaster that took place there? How it has
impacted power industry and energy
development globally?
While the industry impact of the
nuclear power plant crisis
continues to unfold, nuclear power has
been and will continue to be a part of
the global power supply. Even if
desired, generation capacity
replacement will take time. That said; it
is clear that the tragedy in Japan has
certainly changed the risk/benefit/cost
equation for nuclear plants. This has
resulted in new Nuclear Plant Projects
around the globe being cancelled,
which we read in the news regularly.
Many of those projects were marginally
viable before the crisis, and with today’s
risk/benefit equation, they just no
longerwerefinanciallyviable.Replacing
that capacity with other sources will
take time. Because most nuclear plants
are considered for dispatch as ‘base-
load’units, many generation companies
have turned back to large coal or
thermal units. Many of our customers
have reported a renewed interest in
carbon capture and sequestration (CCS)
projects, it can be costly but one that
offers a cleaner solution against fossil
fuel generation sources.
EI Would you suggest focusing on
alternative sources of power in
view of nuclear installation’s safety
concerns amid dwindling preference for
nuclear energy?
Every state, country and region needs
to have a balanced portfolio of
generation types to insure a predictable
and reliable source of energy. A variety
of generation sources balances a
myriad series of risks and insures
stability. Each type is subject to supply
and price variability. We have seen
extended droughts impacting hydro in
South America, natural gas price swings
in the US, wind variability in the US and
in Spain – these have all impacted
power generation balance. While
nuclear was always thought to be one
of the most reliable, stable and
predictable energy sources, those
conventions are being questioned
today. Given regional and geographic
resource availability and costs, the
portfolio will certainly be different in
every region though, so I strongly
advocate a balanced portfolio. India’s
very high reliance on coal units today
needs to be assessed.
EI Do you see a renewed focus on
green technology? In what manner
a green management may help an
organization ameliorate its desired
objectives? Would the green concept
drive optimization of power plant
operations to a greater extent?
Our customers have reported not
just sustainable and public
relations benefits from ‘going green,’
but clear financial and business
benefits. For example, reducing energy
intensity for a process plant saves
direct energy costs and reduces GHG,
but may allow the process plant to
continue operating when energy
supply is extremely tight instead of
having to shut down. We see this in
some areas of Japan today. The same
can be said for some regions of India for
some time already. Supported by
political mandates and/or subsidies,
the value proposition for ‘green’ power
generation is also changing. Dirtier
plants are being replaced by newer,
highly efficient, clean plants. Other
plants are receiving substantial retrofits,
based on these new economics.
EI Recently there had been expanding
focus on Aspen Tech’s presence in
the Middle East. What tools would you
suggest for energy management in India
since the cost of power is increasing and
demand for more power plants is
becoming a necessity?
AspenTech is the only dedicated
software company for process
industries that offers energy
optimization solutions for Design, Plant
While
nuclear was
always thought to
be one of the most
reliable, stable and
predictable energy
sources, those
conventions are
being questioned
today.
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4. Interview
52 June 2011 Electrical India
Operation and Control, and for Supply
Chain Planning and Fleet Optimization.
These solutions help our customers
around the globe design the most
efficient plants, operate and control
them to the highest levels, as well as
insure optimal planning for energy
efficiency. It is simply a fact that many
industries and geographies are at
different levels of technological
sophistication today. AspenTech’s focus
on the inclusion of‘cross-industry-best-
practices’ throughout our solution
suites, provides customers with
achievable optimization, not just a
goal. Given India’s appetite for power
and growth forecasts, quickly
integrating energy optimization is not
just a desire, but quickly becoming
mandatory.
EI Would you elucidate upon
advanced process control
applications and integrated solutions and
technology suitable to Indian power
sector as power infrastructure too is
aging?
Advanced Process Control (APC) is a
technology that is simply a ‘must
have’ in many industries today. For
example,noonewouldbuildachemical
plant or refinery without it today. While
this technology is proven and certainly
considered mature, in the power
industry it is an emerging trend. We
first observed that industrial power
(captive power) plants first adopted
this technology well over 10 years ago,
but merchant power plants previously
did not see the value or need. In
travelling the world and speaking with
owner operators of industrial power
and merchant power generators, two
primary reasons for this are clear.
The first is that in industrial power
generation, the complexity and
therefore the value of optimization is
much higher. Industrial power often
employ many boilers burning a variety
of fuels, with often many primary and
step-down steam turbines, with a
variety of steam loads – high, medium
and low pressures. Add in high
variability from production and batch
processes, and the number of variables
becomes simply too great for an
operator and even an advanced DCS
system to optimize. Merchant power
plants that employ a single boiler/
turbine combination, that operate in a
steady state can be served very well by
DCS systems. With today’s complex
new plants, with all the new
environmental controls, they are
looking much more like chemical plants
today. Add in the fact that many are
now cycling and not just run in steady
state, and the need and ROI for APC is
now there.
The second reason we have seen
industrial power generators adopt APC
much quicker is their access to trained
APC engineers right within the
companies own plant complex. With
access to these resources, a previously
significantbarriertoentrywasremoved.
Add in the desire of these control
engineers to improve their production
processes by improving the consistency
and reduce the variability of the steam
headers, and they have driven APC into
many industrial power units. Other
significant benefits are being realized
from 50-70% improvement in steam
control to energy savings of 3-15%, but
also a dramatic drop in operator
demands. Some installations have
reported a drop of over 73% in DCS set
point changes, enabling previously
overloaded operators to focus on
improving the overall plants efficiency.
In some geographies, this benefit alone
has driven quicker adoption, as they
struggle with an aging and retiring
operations staff. In other regions where
they just can’t find or train enough
operators, these ‘auto-pilot’ systems
insure a higher level of performance
across shifts. Reliability and availability
improvements are also being reported,
as the regular and normal plant
disturbancesarehandledautomatically,
long before a trip condition becomes
present. The older the facility (as long
as it has the basic digital controls
required) the greater the potential
benefits can be. Today, many units are
experiencingcyclingandgridvariability
outside of the normal operating
envelope that they were not originally
designed for. APC can improve the
control of these units in many of those
situations also.
For all these reasons, at the recent
PowerGen India conference in Delhi,
we observed extremely high interest in
APC optimization solutions for both
new, and of course aging units.
EI What will be Aspen Tech’s role in
optimizing power plants to
maximize profit, for Indian power
industry; for energy efficiency measures
vis-à-vis reducing cost and increasing
capacity addition?
Today’s power generation fleets are
simply getting much more complex.
Not just in the variety of generating
types, but also in their management
and optimization. Wind and solar,
which are renewable energy sources,
while highly desirable, are often non-
patched and intermittent in nature.
The resulting grid intermittency is just
one additional complexity to deal with.
As the fleet expands, with different
constraints like startup and cycling, fuel
costs and now emissions regulations
and permit constraints - fleet
optimization is at a level of complexity
never seen before. With the
exponentially increased number of
variables to consider, traditional
optimization techniques deliver sub-
optimal results, limited simulation and
‘what-if’ modeling. Starting up a unit
too early will result in wasted fuel, too
late and you not only lose revenue, but
could drive a negative reserve and
penalties. AspenTech’s Power industry
customers use our advanced
optimization solutions to optimize
fleets of over 230 units, generating
45,000 Mw of power. In summary, the
greater the complexity, the more likely
you are running below optimal
performance. Those that can seize the
opportunities will be the ones to drive
the greatest returns.
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